The Great Plane Robbery(1940)
The Stickup Of The Century... Far Above The Clouds!, Terror Rides the Airways!
Assigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep the client alive after he is taken hostage by former henchmen.
Movie: The Great Plane Robbery
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Mike Henderson
Frankie Toller
Helen Carver
Joe Colson
Jim Day
Rod Brothers
Homer Pringle
Krebber
Nick Harmon
Eddie Lindo
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Assigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep the client alive after he is taken hostage by former henchmen.
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1940-12-09
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The Stickup Of The Century... Far Above The Clouds!, Terror Rides the Airways!
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